CO·73
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| Reading in transliteration: | alios |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | CO·73 Civiglio (beaker) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Orientation: | 270° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 0.9–1.5 cm0.354 in <br />0.591 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A 1, Golasecca III A 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 5th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Alios' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 284 Solinas 1995: 60 Morandi 2004: 200 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 649 f. |
Images
 Drawing of inscription CO·73 from Giussani 1902
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 Drawing of inscription CO·73 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Barelli 1879c: 28. Examined for LexLep on 1st April 2025.
Images in Barelli 1879c: 28 (drawing), Pauli 1885: Taf. I.21 (drawing from Poggi), Giussani 1902: 44, fig. 13 (drawing), De Marinis 1986: 76 (photo), De Marinis & Motta 1991: 214, fig. 9 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.200 (drawing).
Inscribed vertically from bottom to top on the lower section of the beaker beneath the two stamped horses; the reading alios is clear. (See Poggi 1879: 310, no. 40, Pauli 1885: 11, no. 21, Giussani 1902: 44, no. 13, Rhŷs 1913: 42–44, Pisani 1964: 283, no. 120E (owner's inscription), Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 148, De Marinis 1981: 246 f., 268, n. 149, De Marinis 1986: 75, no. 4, Gambari & Colonna 1988: 160, no. 3, Tibiletti Bruno 1990b: 110 f.), De Marinis & Motta 1991: 212, no. 5. Cf. maybe CO·47 al (?).
See also Kretschmer 1905: 104, Rhŷs 1914: 24, Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 170, n. 2.
Bibliography
| Barelli 1879c | Vincenzo Barelli, "Sepolcreto romano in Civiglio scoperto nel settembre 1878, in continuazione alle tombe rinvenute nel 1875", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 14 (1878 [1879]), 25–34. |
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| De Marinis & Motta 1991 | Raffaele C. De Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Una nuova iscrizione lepontica su pietra da Mezzovico (Lugano)", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 201–225. |
| De Marinis 1981 | Raffaele De Marinis, "Il periodo Golasecca III A in Lombardia", Studi Archeologici 1 (1981), 41–299. |
| De Marinis 1986 | Raffaele De Marinis, "Lingua e alfabeto", in: Various authors, Como fra Etruschi e Celti, Como: Società Archeologica Comense 1986. (Catalogo della mostra), 73–76. |
